Gaffar Okkan
| Ali Gaffar Okkan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 Hendek, Sakarya Province, Turkey |
| Died | January 24, 2001 (aged 49) Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Resting place | Hendek, Sakarya Province, Turkey |
| Police career | |
| Badge number | 3310 |
| Years of service | 1973 – January 24, 2001 |
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Ali Gaffar Okkan (1952 – January 24, 2001) was a Turkish police chief who was assassinated in an ambush in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey.
Ali Gaffar Okkan was born in Hendek, Sakarya Province in 1952. He graduated from Police College on September 30, 1970, and attended the Police Academy in Ankara. He completed his education on September 29, 1973.
Okkan was commissioned in the rank of Assistant İnspector (Turkish: Komiser yardımcısı) to Izmir Police Directorate, where he served in many posts until he was then promoted to Superintendent (Turkish: Emniyet amiri) with his appointment to Şanlıurfa in 1983. He became Chief superintendent (Turkish: Şube amiri) in 1985. Later in 1986, Okkan was appointed to Eskişehir on the post of the General Directorate of Security. He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner (Turkish: Emniyet Müdür Yardımcısı or 2. Sınıf Emniyet Müdürü) in 1992. On December 6, 1993, Okkan finally became Commissioner (Turkish: 1. Sınıf Emniyet Müdürü), the second-highest position in the hierarchy of the police organization in Turkey, and took office as Police Chief in Kars Province, eastern Turkey.
Gaffar Okan's next assignment as police chief was to Diyarbakır, where there had been a prolonged insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Kurdish Hezbollah, and which had seen considerable emigration.
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